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'Fertlizn No 76,621. Patented April 14, 1868.

Letters P11/tent No. 76,621, dated April. 14,1868.

IMPROVEMENT 11N cUANo-msrmBUTER.

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To ALL wHoM Ir MAY ,CoNcnRNtv Be vit known that I, NEWTON FOSTER, of Palmyra, in the State of New York, have invented a new anduseful l Gruauo-Distributer;v and IA do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear-and exact description thereof,

reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making part of this specifica-Homin which- Figure 1 is u top view, showing Athe cut-off fory varying the How, aud also the joints ofthe corrugated feeding-bar.

Figure 2 is a transverse section. Like letters of reference indicate correspondingpparts. y I maken. box, having two sides, A and B, enclosed at -both ends, in the shape shown in g. 1. One side,

B, is made in two parte, C D. VThe upper`portion, 1),-in combined machines, may be placed as indicated by the dotted lines d, iig. 2.

Between the two parts, C andD, and upon the upper side of C, I place a bar, F,- with a serrated edge, Z, the points of conjugation extending down to the angle formed by the two sides, said points reaching to the discharge-slots undex` the part D of the side B, and it ,is-held in position by two metal straps attached to C and D.- I

On the side A, I place a cut-od', E, for the purpose of regulating the Feed. This cut-oif is bolted to two or more bentlevers, K, which are pivoted at t`heir\angles, and 'connected together at the top by a bar,- L.'

The serrated plate may be reciprocated by any of the ordinary devices for working the distributing'- apparatus in this class of machines.

The object of this invention is to provide a guano-spreader or distributer, that shall eEectually deliver the material to be sown, and not clog.

I nd that, by the arrangement set forth in my patent of January 13, 1863, for arbroadcast seed and manure-Bower, the feed-bar will not eifect'the discharge of guano, because the bar and distributing-fingers exposed Within the box, the substance is constantly being reduced to u pasty condition, owing to its peculiar nature,

vwhich rendersthe machine wholly ineffectual for that purpose. I also find, Yby actual experiment, that when the feed-bar is made with V-shaped points, and -they only presented to the material to be distributed, the discharge I is eiie'ctually and satisfactorily performed.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

- As an improvement in machines for sowing fertilizers, the serrated-edged distributing-bar F, constructed as shown and described, and so arranged that the-V-shaped teeth only of saidbar shall be exposed to the material to be sown, substantially in themanner and for the purposes set forth.

Witnesses.;

J.'LonENzo GAGE, WM. S. Louenaonouen. 

